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Concrete Toronto

...previous generations of architects, offering guidance and perspective to architects practicing today.’– Canadian Architect One of the top ten books about Toronto – BlogTO Concrete Toronto was featured at Boston’s Pinkcomma Gallery, and was the inspirations for the Toronto Music Gallery’s remarkable Concrete Music event. Concrete Toronto is available in bookstores and through the website of Coach House Books To...

Trinity Bellwoods Gates

Trinity Bellwoods Park was formerly part of a large swath of military reserve around the nascent Town of York, founded in 1791. In 1851, Bishop John Strachan purchased the land as the site for the original Trinity College. This building was completed in 1852, and all that remains of it are the gates we see onsite today. ERA Architects was...

Sunnybrook Cenotaph

Sunnybrook evolved from its origin in 1948 as Sunnybrook Military Hospital into an internationally recognized health sciences centre and home to Canada’s largest veterans’ care facility. Originally designed as a gateway monument framing the entrance to Sunnybrook Military Hospital, the Sunnybrook Cenotaph today is a fixture in the hospital’s identity for passersby on Bayview Avenue and features prominently in the...

Mouth of the Creek Park

Today, lake-fill has shifted the waterfront southward, and Garrison Creek has been buried, but in the late 1700s, at the time of European settlement, this lakeshore site featured a promontory ideal for marine defense. It became the location of the first fortification at Fort York, allowing for the founding of Toronto in the protected harbour to the east. Mouth of...

Crystal Ballroom - King Edward Hotel Crystal Ballroom – King Edward Hotel

...a fresh look and a new generation of revellers to cater to, the King Edward Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom continues life as a relevant and dynamic part of Toronto’s social scene. Read more about ERA’s work on the King Edward Hotel or visit the King Edward Hotel website. Interior Design work on The Crystal Ballroom was executed by Moncur Design Associates....

Waterfront Heritage and Cultural Infrastructure Plan

...development that includes a focus on public life, the people and the lived experience of the city. The vision of a revitalized waterfront includes a web of experiences that reflect the diversity of Toronto’s urban cultural life and showcases Toronto as a model for generating civic identity in 21st century urban Canada. Read the Waterfront Heritage and Cultural Infrastructure Plan....

Paradise Theatre

The Paradise Theatre is a surviving example of Toronto’s hallmark 20th-century theatres, complete with distinct Art Deco styling specific to the World War II era, with abstracted classical and geometrical elements. Opened in 1937, the Paradise Theatre was designed by Benjamin Brown, one of the earliest Jewish architects in Toronto. Situated prominently between Dovercourt and Dufferin, the theatre has inherent...

Kensington Market Lofts

...resident An Te Liu, with the intent of depicting an aesthetic that reflects the neighbourhood’s historic diversity, developed the colour pattern of the panels. The distribution of the colours in the final pattern was drawn from an analysis of the percentage of colours present in the world’s national flags. This is the artist’s largest artwork to date. Photos: Vik Pahwa....

Bombardier Centre for Aerospace and Aviation

...was once widely unknown now has a continued life due to the transformation of the plant at 65 Carl Hall Street. Its adaptive reuse has continued to progress the site’s interaction with Canadian aviation history, both by recognizing its considerable contribution during the World Wars and by creating an opportunity to support the next generation of innovators in Canadian aviation....

Exterior of Phillips House Phillips House: North York General Hospital

...originally built for Frederick Martin Connell in 1937, it became synonymous with Colonel W. Eric Phillips. Colonel Phillips served in the British Army during World War I before becoming a prominent businessman first in Oshawa and then Toronto. Phillips purchased the property in 1945, using it to conduct business and entertain associates. The property was one of many country homes...

1 Spadina Crescent

Originally home to Knox College, and eventually occupied by one of the world’s first insulin manufacturers and a military hospital, the Gothic Revival building at 1 Spadina Crescent has a rich history and is a major city landmark, terminating views north from Spadina Avenue. ERA worked with NADAAA between 2011 and 2017 to oversee the building’s latest incarnation as part...

Coronation park Coronation Park

Coronation Park is a six-hectare, culturally significant park at the foot of the historic Fort York area. The park is a living memorial, with the groves of silver maples commemorating the service and sacrifice of Canada’s military in World War I. At over 70 years old, the original design intent of the park had begun to fade from view. Original...